The United States of Horror Film Festival / Nationwide Search for 5 Minute Shorts

Dystopian Films has announced a call-to-action for films to be included in THE UNITED STATES OF HORROR. The nationwide search for 5 minute short films starts now and can be submitted through Film Freeway.

We’re going to be awarding the a whole bunch of awards, lots of which will be audience voted, but you have to submit a qualifying short following the rules in order to be considered.

https://filmfreeway.com/THEUNITEDSTATESOFHORROR

1. LOCATION! – SO IF IT’S NEW YORK CITY, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT…LET’S FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE STATE YOU’RE IN.
2. INCLUDE IN YOUR HORROR A STATE SYMBOL… NOW THIS CAN BE A THE STATE FISH, THE STATE FLOWER, STATE FLAG, STATE SONG… ANYTHING THAT GEO-LOCKS YOUR STORY TO YOUR STATE. THERE’S QUITE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF OPTIONS SEE AT:

https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states

3. SOMETHING THAT ISN’T ABOUT THE LOCKDOWN… THAT’S REAL LIFE HORROR… NO ONE WANTS THAT.
4. BE ABOUT 5 MINUTES…WE’LL TAKE ANYTHING FROM 3-7 MINUTES – BUT 5 IS A GOOD NUMBER.